Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight explained

Event:	Light heavyweight boxing
Games:	1956 Summer
Venue:	West Melbourne Stadium
Dates:	23 November – 1 December
Competitors:	11
Nations:	11
Gold:	James Boyd
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Gheorghe Negrea
Silvernoc:	ROU
Bronze:	Carlos Lucas
Bronzenoc:	CHI
Bronze2:	Romualdas Murauskas
Bronzenoc2:	URS
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The weight class was allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 23 November to 1 December 1956. 11 boxers from 11 nations competed.^[1]

Results

First round

• Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL) def. Lennart Risberg (SWE), RSC-3
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Piet van Vuuren (SAF), PTS
• Ottavio Panunzi (ITA) def. Gerald Collins (CAN), PTS

Quarterfinals

• Romualdas Murauskas (URS) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), PTS
• James Boyd (USA) def. Rodolfo Díaz (ARG), PTS
• Carlos Lucas (CHI) def. Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL), PTS
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Ottavio Panunzi (ITA), PTS

Semifinals

• James Boyd (USA) def. Romualdas Murauskas (URS), PTS
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Carlos Lucas (CHI), PTS

Final

• James Boyd (USA) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROU), PTS

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boxing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/BOX/mens-light-heavyweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 23 November 2018.